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Book Announcement: Moral Markets edited by Zak

By Lawrence Solum

From Princeton University Press:

Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy
Edited by Paul J. Zak With a foreword by Michael C. Jensen

To read the entire book description or a sample chapter, please visit:
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8657.html

Like nature itself, modern economic life is driven by relentless competition and unbridled selfishness. Or is it? Drawing on converging evidence from neuroscience, social science, biology, law, and philosophy, Moral Markets makes the case that modern market exchange works only because most people, most of the time, act virtuously. Competition and greed are certainly part of economics, but Moral Markets shows how the rules of market exchange have evolved to promote moral behavior and how exchange itself may make us more virtuous.

Paper | $26.95 / £15.95 | ISBN: 978-0-691-13523-6
Cloth | $65.00 / £38.95 | ISBN: 978-0-691-13522-9

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on February 22, 2008 (boomark / email).